Event Strategy & Design
Hospitality Helping Hands Volunteers Build Newborn Care Packages
Many Hospitality Helping Hands volunteers plan events, but their efforts Jan. 6 at Convening Leaders 2019 led to a celebration of a whole different kind: an epic baby shower for 20 local families in need.
Warren Berger: ‘Events Should Be All About the Questions’
Master questionologist and “The Book of Beautiful Questions” author Warren Berger on using questions to build a better event.
Andrew Sykes: Think of Your Event as a Person
Andrew Sykes, founder of the Behavioral Research Applied Technology Laboratory, previews his Jan. 9 Convening Leaders 2019 session, “High Performance Habits of Magnetic Human Beings,” and how events, like people, have personalities.
Group Interactions, By the Magic Numbers
Communications expert and author Priya Parker says there are a few sweet spots for group dynamics — it all depends on your desired outcomes.
PCMA Putting Aromatherapy into Action at Convening Leaders 2019
PCMA aims to boost Convening Leaders 2019 Content Studio learning by tapping into the power of scent.
Floral Event Attracts Budding Young Professionals, New Programming
The Society of American Florists’s 134th Annual Convention brought event and retail florists, researchers, wholesalers, growers, and suppliers to Rancho Mirage, California to learn about design education best practices, floral-crown design, and more.
Medical Meeting Challenge: Health-Care Providers are Tough Crowd
Health-care providers have high standards for the meetings they attend, according to a recent report by American Express Meetings & Events. Here’s how to influence their decision to come to yours.
What 5 Meeting Trends Will We Be Keeping an Eye on in 2019?
Five Convene editors looked back over 2018, asking this question: What’s one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on in 2019?
A More Authentic Way to Connect Attendees With Exhibitors
Forget the immediate sales pitch. Perhaps trade-show organizers should suggest that exhibitors give attendees a more surprising conversation-starter: one of their favorite books.
PCMA, Beverly’s Birthdays Giving Back at Convening Leaders 2019
PCMA and Attendees will assist Pittsburgh families by teaming up with Beverly’s Birthdays to create essentials kits for newborns.
Survey Fatigue: 4 Ways to Make the Most of Attendee Feedback
We should stop asking attendees for their feedback if we aren’t going to use it.
Tariffs Trouble: Business Events Trapped in Trade War Zone
Organizers for business events across a swath of industries are bracing for the toll tariffs will take on their shows in the next year and beyond.